Kindergarten
Objective –
Students will classify objects according to living and non-living.
Materials –
1. United Streaming video, Living and Nonliving Things http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5F116849-9C10-4B80-9DD2-45A817FAF697&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US#
2. http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/resources/games/ourselves/living/living.htm
3. Head phones
Standards aligned to this lesson –
8.1.4.A.1, 8.1.4.A.2, 8.1.4.A.3, 8.1.4.A.9, 8.1.4.B.1, 8.1.8.A.1, 8.1.8.A.2, 8.1.8.A.3
5.5.2.A.1, 5.5.2.A.2, 5.5.2.C.1, 5.5.4.B.1, 5.5.4.B.2, 5.5.4.C.1, 5.1.4.A.1, 5.1.4.A.2, 5.1.4.A.4, 5.1.4.B.1, 5.1.4.B.2
Vocabulary –
Review past vocabulary, living, nonliving
Activities –
1. Students will watch and listen to the video, Living and Nonliving Things
2. Discuss movie and examples of living and nonliving things
3. Navigate to firstschoolyears.com and have students sort living and nonliving things into two groups
4. Class discussion and review
Assessment –
Graphic organizer of grouped animals
Differentiation –
1. All students will watch and listen to video together.
2. All students will watch and listen to video with headphones.
3. Mouse over will read questions and answers to students during quiz.
4. Auditory and visual review of vocabulary, with kinesthetic Simon Says activity


Animal Growth and Change
Grade One

Lesson 8 –
Last week in October (10/27 – 11/2)
Objective –
Students will order the steps in a caterpillar’s life cycle.
Materials –
1. Head phones
2. BookFlix
3. HSP Science
Standards aligned to this lesson –
8.1.4.A.1, 8.1.4.A.2, 8.1.4.A.3, 8.1.4.A.9, 8.1.4.B.1, 8.1.8.A.1, 8.1.8.A.2, 8.1.8.A.3
5.5.2.A.1, 5.5.2.A.2, 5.5.2.C.1, 5.5.4.B.1, 5.5.4.B.2, 5.5.4.C.1, 5.1.4.A.1, 5.1.4.A.2, 5.1.4.A.4, 5.1.4.B.1, 5.1.4.B.2
Vocabulary –
Review past vocabulary, life cycle, tadpole, larva, pupa
Activities –
1. BookFlix – The Caterpillar and the Pollywog – Which Came First
2. BookFlix – A Chick Grows Up – Fact or Fiction
3. Science Up Close – Grade 1 – Ch 1 – Animals and their Young
Assessment –
Teacher observation and quiz results
Differentiation –
1. All students will watch, listen, and read along with video together.
2. All students will watch, listen, and read along with video using headphones.